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June 16, 1999
Bulletin #6
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In this Bulletin:
- 1. Recycle Your Old Files!
- 2. Local Recycling Info: Buy and Donate Used Building Materials
- 3. Industry News: 30% Recycled Paper Performs to Standards
- 4. Frightening Fact: Each American Creates 4.4 lbs. of Garbage a Day
- 5. Glimmer of Hope: Recycled Office Supplies at State Contract Prices
- 6. Get Involved / Upcoming Events
1. *************** Recycle Your Old Files! ***************
CU Recycling offers a number of special recycling services to campus offices
who are cleaning, moving, or purging files. From picking up your sensitive
documents and providing confidential destruction to delivering extra recycling
bins and procedural information for your office cleanup, our recycling services
help you save time, lower disposal costs and provide environmental benefits.
CONFIDENTIAL SHREDDING
Confidential materials will be picked up from your office and confidentially
destroyed and recycled for a fee of $2.50 per box. A certificate of confidential
destruction can be provided. Call 492-8307 or email cure@stripe.colorado.edu
for more information.
ADDITIONAL BINS AND SPECIAL PICK-UPS
If you are cleaning out files, storerooms, etc. and have more recyclables
than your recycling station can handle, special pick-ups and additional
bins can be arranged. We can deliver containers for office pak, white paper
only and for low grade/mixed papers, magazines, and catalogs during office
cleaning. See Recycling Procedures/Materials Accepted below for more information
on sorting and other materials we can collect. Please call 492-5321 a week
in advance to schedule delivery and pick-up.
RECYCLING PROCEDURES/MATERIALS ACCEPTED
Office materials and files should be sorted for recycling as follows:
- Recycle as Office Pak:
(in desk-side container, central recycling container, or requested additional
bin)
White paper, light and pastel-colored paper, computer paper, notebook paper,
glossy paper, post-it notes, thermal fax paper, carbonless multi-copy forms
(with goldenrod copy removed), white and light colored envelopes (windows
OK), open and sorted mail, light colored file folders, index cards, plastic
and metal spiral notebooks (with covers removed). Staples and paper clips
OK.
- Additional recyclable materials:
Transparencies, tyvek envelopes, and computer diskettes -- Mailing Services
has made recycling these materials possible by providing a special campus
box for them. Place tyvek, disks, and transparencies in separate envelopes
no thicker than 1/2 inch, label "disks for recycling", "transparencies for
recycling", etc., and send through campus mail to Campus Box 209 for recycling.
Corrugated cardboard -- Flatten corrugated cardboard boxes and place small
amounts behind central recycling bins or on campus building loading docks.
For large quantities, call 492-5321 to schedule a special pick-up.
Campus mailing envelopes and reusable Kraft envelopes -- Send large, document-sized
envelopes and extra campus mailing envelopes in good condition to Mailing
Services, Campus Box 60, for re-use.
Magazines and catalogs -- Magazines, catalogs, and similar glossy materials
can now be recycled at 30 special locations on campus. Call 492-8307 for
the location nearest you.
Newspapers -- should be recycled in newspaper recycling bins at central
locations or in the newspaper side of campus desk-side recycling containers.
Low grade/mixed papers -- The following items should not be placed in any
campus recycling containers, but can be dropped off at our on-campus facility
for recycling: dark and bright colored papers, non-reusable Kraft envelopes,
goldenrod colored papers (including goldenrod copy of multi-copy forms),
dark colored file folders, hanging file folders, books, single- layer paperboard.
Ink jet and printer toner cartridges -- Cartridges can be dropped off for
recycling in special bins located at the Copy Centers in the Stadium, Regent,
UMC, and Continuing Education.
Blueprints -- please recycle by taking to special bin in Stadium 255-37.
- Keep out of recycling bins:
(these items should be placed in the trash)
Photographs, film negatives, plastic bags, carbon paper, tape, rubber bands,
candy wrappers, paper plates, paper cups and towels, frozen food containers,
styrofoam and other packing materials
- Other instructions:
Open and empty all envelopes
Tear all glue bindings to 1/2" or smaller
Empty all folders
Your attention to following these instructions during office cleaning is
appreciated by the staff at CU Recycling. THANK YOU FOR RECYCLING!
2. *************** Local Recycling Info ***************
RESOURCE 2000 -- The Place to Buy and Donate Used Building Materials
According to the EPA, construction and demolition debris accounts for
approximately
20% of the volume of U.S. landfills. ReSource 2000, a program of the Boulder
Energy Conservation Center, seeks to recover and reuse this "waste", which
is often good, used building material. For the remodeler, contractor or
craftsperson, a walk through the ReSource 2000 yard in east Boulder yields
many treasures. Building materials "with experience" that are accepted
for
donation and available for sale include cabinetry, doors, shutters, windows,
lumber, fencing, ducting, ceramic tiles, hardware, and more. To purchase
or donate materials, contact Resource 2000 at 303-441-3278. The yard, located
on 63rd Street, half a mile south of Valmont, is open for shopping Monday
through Saturday from 8 am to 5 pm.
3. *************** Industry News ***************
30% RECYCLED CONTENT PAPER PERFORMS TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS
Copier paper with 30 percent post-consumer content performs just as well
as virgin paper and paper with lower recycled content, showed a study conducted
by the Government Printing Office and three manufacturers of office equipment.
The study was coordinated by Recycling at Work, a program of the US Conference
of Mayors.
"The study adds validity, once again, to the old argument that performance,
together with price and availability, should not be impediments to using
recycled content copier paper," said Fran McPoland, the Federal Environmental
Executive.
Two million sheets of paper were tested on a variety of copiers and printers.
The 30 percent recycled content paper jammed in equipment 1.5 to 3.2 times
for every 100,000 sheets. 20 percent recycled content paper jammed 2.8 to
2.9 times per 100,000 sheets, and virgin paper jammed 2.9 times per 100,000
sheets.
Here at C.U., many departments are successfully and satisfactorily using
100% post-consumer recycled content copier paper in copiers and printers,
and the CU Copy Centers now offer Eureka 100 recycled paper on request for
copy jobs.
Recycled copier paper is available on campus through the Distribution Center,
CU Bookstore, or on order from Faison/Corporate Express (see Glimmer of
Hope, below). Copies of the Recycling at Work report are available by calling
202-861-6776. More information on suppliers of 30 percent recycled content
paper is available on the web site of the Office of the Federal Environmental
Executive at http://www.ofee.gov/html/gsa.htm
4. *************** Frightening Fact ***************
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CREATES 4.4 POUNDS OF GARBAGE EACH DAY
Americans produced 217 million tons of garbage in 1997, equal to 4.4 pounds
per person, according to a feature article in Parade Magazine June 13. Other
sobering information from the article include:
- The cost of handling garbage is the fourth biggest item in many city budgets,
after education, police and fire protection.
- Household garbage in landfills, in order of its volume, consists mainly
of cardboard, paper, yard trimmings and food waste.
- Landfills are "like giant Tupperware bowls", preserving trash, food,
and
legible newspapers for more than 30 years.
To read the article, visit http://www.parade.com
5. *************** Glimmer of Hope ***************
RECYCLED OFFICE SUPPLIES AVAILABLE AT STATE CONTRACT PRICES
The newest version of the Faison/Corporate Express catalog of State of Colorado
contract office supplies offers more recycled content products. Recycled
computer diskettes, copy paper, envelopes and transparencies have been added
to the recycled steno books, writing pads, post-it notes and scratch pads
that were already available.
When CU Boulder departments buy the diskettes, recycled by GreenDisk,
and
transparencies, made by 3M, you are "completing the recycling loop" since
diskettes and transparencies collected by CU Recycling go to these companies
to be made into new products!
Also, notice that delivery boxes from Faison/Corporate Express say "Return
to CEX driver for recycling." Drivers take back boxes from previous orders
for reuse. The boxes collapse instantly and easily can be stored beside
your desk, and can be used again by Faison right away without adding volume
to the campus recycling program.
To order a Colorado state contract office supplies catalog, call Faison/Corporate
Express at 303-373-8499. For more information on recycling transparencies
or computer diskettes, call CU Recycling at 492-8307.
6. *************** Get Involved ***************
Things you can do to reduce the amount of garbage you create:
1. Learn what materials are recyclable. Recycle at your office and at home.
2. Buy goods made from recyclable and recycled material, at your office
and at home.
3. Avoid buying items with unnecessary packaging. Bring your own bags to
the store.
4. Reuse things instead of throwing them away and constantly replacing them.
Keep a reusable cup, plate, and silverware at work for lunches.
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About University of Colorado at Boulder Recycling
The University of Colorado's recycling program is a non-profit, campus-based organization whose mission is to instill awareness of the benefits of waste reduction and recycling. CU Recycling is widely regarded as one of the nation's leading campus programs. Awards have been given by such groups as the EPA, National Recycling Coalition, and the Office of Federal Environmental Executive, who in 2000, announced CU Recycling the model campus program in the United States.
The university community is encouraged to get involved in CU Recycling's many activities. For more information, call (303)492-8307 or visit http://www.colorado.edu/recycle
Please recycle this information: talk about it, pass it
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